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How to reference web in nginx config when run with docker-compose?


I try to configure service with Nginx, Certbot and my app:

docker-compose.yml:

version: '3'

services:
 nginx:
  image: nginx:1.15-alpine
  restart: unless-stopped
  volumes:
   - ./data/nginx:/etc/nginx/conf.d
   - ./data/certbot/conf:/etc/letsencrypt
   - ./data/certbot/www:/var/www/certbot
  ports:
   - "80:80"
   - "443:443"
  command: "/bin/sh -c 'while :; do sleep 6h & wait $${!}; nginx -s reload; done & nginx -g \"daemon off;\"'"
 certbot:
  image: certbot/certbot
  restart: unless-stopped
  volumes:
   - ./data/certbot/conf:/etc/letsencrypt
   - ./data/certbot/www:/var/www/certbot
  entrypoint: "/bin/sh -c 'trap exit TERM; while :; do certbot renew; sleep 12h & wait $${!}; done;'"
 web:
  image: example_app:latest
  restart: unless-stopped
  ports:
   - "5005:5005"

nginx/app.conf:

server {
  listen 80;
  server_name my.app;
  server_tokens off;
  location /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
    root /var/www/certbot;
  }
  location / {
    return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
  }
}
server {
  listen 443 ssl;
  server_name my.app;
  server_tokens off;
  ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/my.app/fullchain.pem;
  ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/my.app/privkey.pem;
  include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf;
  ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem;
  location / {
    proxy_pass http://web;
  }
}

Whenever I request service by https://my.app I always 502 Gateway.

I looked through many materials and I cannot grasp what am I doing wrong?


Solution

  • The problem was with upstream service and I changed restart: unless-stopped to restart:always for web in docker-compose.yml.

    nginx/app.conf:

    upstream flask {
      server web:5005;
    }
    
    server {
        listen 80;
        server_name my.app;
        server_tokens off;
    
        location /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
            root /var/www/certbot;
        }
    
        location / {
            return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
        }
    }
    
    server {
        listen 443 ssl;
        server_name my.app;
        server_tokens off;
    
        ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/patricia.app/fullchain.pem;
        ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/patricia.app/privkey.pem;
        include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf;
        ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem;
    
        location / {
            proxy_pass  http://flask;
        }
    }